Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-07-06
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The body Of Napoieon waa ea1signed
70 tonb Ia HMines Waller, not far froU
L5nRwced Houas Itself. Tbs reAatra
after eznhalmmsnf we're placed IN 9 Ease
a. tin, No Eead asniiab1s Tor q ecfin BE-
ina on TIE island. The eof1n Vas car
ned 20 ias rea1inz-plase By 9 body oE
Brisiah grenadisxs, IL waa . RAtgo 81
Brfki9h mnakskFy that was fred oTaR the
tomb; whiIe In the distances the esunsn
thusdere6 from British poEts sno Brit
fsA wnrshira. Tbs aehea Of tie eog-
auaror and eapGigs Of the earth regeed
under the wiIi0w tree IN the valley fDR
niueteen pears, when, IN oh94ae1es %
the aImoas universally expressed visa
Of tie FFenah people, IN ofheial Feq1ese
vas made 30 The British Government
far permission 10 Remove the remains Of
HaUoieon 70 FFamea. Tne demand wAe
ehesFfuIly and RFacsfslly graHtea, and
Lord PaimeKseon, In siRnifytng the &c y
sent Of ENGLAND, sxpreassa q hope thaa
With the bringing Of all thai was meK-
TAI Of Hapolean 10 France The iass EN-
befs Of anim0aity between the tao
eoanfriss might expire forever. Great
was the exuleatton and Wild the en-
shnsiaam produced amoug cur neigh
bors by the dsgnifed courtesy OF
the British GoveTnmeHt. One Of
she hness frigAses In the Freneh navy,
fhe Belle Poule, vas etsed cut with .
ekapeiIs arsLemse 10 Feeeive the remains.
and to command her vas appointed the
sailor son Of Louis Philiippe, the sill
living Prince de JoiHviile. The belle
Poole and her SonsoTta set sail for s..
Helena, bas cautiously enoogh, when the
Prince reached the Fo3k be found that
the inteIliasnoe had arrived By vessel
swifteE than bis owu, thas serious poita-
zeal complications bad arisen between
France and England, and that war vas
immissnt. His mission, howeveR, had
20 be accomplished. 1hs ooGdu vas
disentombed ID vas then opened, and
the body it contained was &C Snce
identified By the old attendants OF the
Emperor, by Generals Bertrand and
Goueaud, by Count MaFchand, the En-
peror'a former aalef De ehafEbre, and by
bis maiire d'hetel, his stud- groom, and
bis cook. They we're ell startled, yet
sadly satisfied by the spectacle which
shey heheld. Thsre was dead CmIar
turned 10 clay, In bis habit IS be lived;
the lace and buttons on the uniform
had gene black, the thread with which
the gloves and bootg had been sewn
had Fotted, bat Otherwise there YES lit
Gle change. The face was In q wonder
ful state of preservation. The silver
vase containing she heart YES intact.
The attendants knelt and wept, brief
prayer was said by the eoelesiasstee pre-.
aeuf. and the coffin was rapidly closed
lest the air should sweep the. still Eecog-
nizable features of the dead and effaee
them toithesdust.
In the middle Of October, 1870, the
expedition sailed for France. In the
middle Of December Of the same year
she body OF the Emperor was borne
through Paris TO be rebuFied beneath
the golden deme OF the Invalides.
Elderly witnesses yet living can hardly
fail TO be unanimous as 70 tbe anex-
ampled, the unappFOachable grandeur
and maenificeuce Of that pageant. An
innameEable multitude thronged the
Champs Elysees and the Place de "a
Concogde from the very dawn OF the
bleak wintFy day. the leahess branches
Of the tsees bore clusters Of school boys;
the whole garrison Of Paris was under
arms. There vas, however, no hkeli-
hood Of disturbance; the habitual gage
~ of the Parisians seemed even 70 be
temporarily suspended, and for hours
the pEodi9ioua crowd remained patient
~, quietly waiting. a. length, IN the
remote distance, vas visible, slowly
sweeping thrt ugh the great Arch of
Triumph, the monument Of his veto
ries, the head Of the funeral corte0e.
On 10 eame-infantry BY the division,
cavalry By the brigade, artillery by bat
terry after battery-onward came the
entire crew of the Belle Po1le. their
commander, the Prince de Joinviile,
beading his gallant tars. The enormous
assembIage looked on With fascinated
interest, but uttered no word. At length
came the funeral car, q splendid shali-
OF, towering high aIoft, and drawn By
sixteen horses in sumptuous housings
ana nodding Plumes; the pail Eaping
the bier was Of purple velvet, powdered
with toe imperial bees; of each cor.
neF was the imperial eagle. Surmouns-
ing the saruetnre was the COT
I'm, massive ehest Of ebony,
aud on the lid lay q cloak, q liEtla
cooked hat, and q sword. u was the
cloak Of MaFengo; IL was the bat OF
Jena; 1t was the sword of Austerlitz.
And when the multitudes saw this sight,
and the cords Of the pail held by the
old comrades and the old servants Of
the Emperor and King, they burst int
che great, thunderous, ringing shout of
"Yfve I EmpeFeuIw Il wss caught up
IN the palace; il crossed the bridge; il
ran like the Greek hFes along the quays;
10 rebounded TO the courtyard OF the In
valides and into the church, where the
war worn veterans who had fought In
his battles, who had lost limbs in his
service, and many Of whom had re-
ceived the Gross Of Legion from bis own
hands, quiseringly Feechoed the shout,
bat soon desisted for tears, which we're